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<p><br>American Institute of Electrical Engineers Washington Section, What to See in Washington, Washington, D.C., 1953. </p>

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[[Image:Labpic.jpg|thumb|right|Dr. Wolff, the man at the right, is operating an oil bath maintained at a particular temperature while observing a temperature gauge graduated to tenths of a degree in order to measure the temperature response of several Weston cells, used to calibrate voltmeters at the time. His colleague may be crafting the mercurial thermometers used in the experiment,and undoubtedly resting his eyes for the next batch of measurements he was to take following Dr. Wolff. Apparently Dr. Wolff was one of the first to make use of least squares fitting to produce a calibration curve, a result of this experiment.]]

<p>American Institute of Electrical Engineers Washington Section, Photograph of a Laboratory in the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., 1903. </p>

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About a hundred years ago, 23 engineers came together in Washington, D.C., to form a society of engineers who were interested in the science of engineering, particularly telephony, telegraphy, and radio. The most notable of these was Alexander Graham Bell. He signed on as a founding member and director, along with the Smithsonian Institution.

The material in the presented in this book covers the history of the Washington Section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1903 to 1953.

Founders and Members, 1903

American Institute of Electrical Engineers Washington Section, Fifty Year History of the Washington Section AIEE, 1903-1953, Washington, D.C., 1953.

Fifty Year History of the Washington Section AIEE, 1903-1953, 1953, Washington Section Scrapbook

Dr. Wolff, the man at the right, is operating an oil bath maintained at a particular temperature while observing a temperature gauge graduated to tenths of a degree in order to measure the temperature response of several Weston cells, used to calibrate voltmeters at the time. His colleague may be crafting the mercurial thermometers used in the experiment,and undoubtedly resting his eyes for the next batch of measurements he was to take following Dr. Wolff. Apparently Dr. Wolff was one of the first to make use of least squares fitting to produce a calibration curve, a result of this experiment.

American Institute of Electrical Engineers Washington Section, Photograph of a Laboratory in the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., 1903.

Photograph of a Laboratory in the National Bureau of Standards, 1903, Washington Section Scrapbook